AI can be used in writing and creation workflows by reducing friction in steps that previously required extra effort. Skepticism remains due to destructive uses and concerns about major AI companies. Earlier doubts focused on chatbot apps lacking practical use cases beyond novelty, but hands-on experience with coding assistants shows rapid generation of real deliverables. Tools like Claude Code or Codex can produce portfolio sites after brief interaction, suggesting plausible productivity gains for trained developers. As a result, attitudes shift from avoiding AI to using it regularly, even while recognizing that AI does not replace all human judgment or effort.
"There's still a chance I wouldn't have written this story without A.I. That's not because the tech is doing anything a person couldn't do, but because it has gotten good at removing friction in the spots where there was once just enough of it that I used to make problems for myself."
"I prefer to be skeptical about A.I. because people have already found so many destructive uses for it and I don't trust Sam Altman or his competitors as far as I can throw them. I'm also aiming to be open-minded these days, because it's just not true anymore that the tech isn't impressive."
"When I talked with the prominent A.I. critic Ed Zitron for Slate in February 2025, I agreed with his view that chatbot apps had generated throngs of users but were still lacking in use cases that would take them from a cool toy to a useful tool for anyone who wasn't spending hours trying to learn how to become a power user."
"I now think that view is impossible to hold. Spend a few hours in Claude Code or Codex. Tell it to interview you about what you want and, after about five minutes, spin up a portfolio site based on your answers, and then think about what actual trained developers might be doing with that tool."
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